Ridge Volunteer Fire Department

Department Facebook
 
Auxiliary Facebook


St. Marys County Fire/EMS Scanner Feed

Upcoming Events

There are currently no events
View All Events

2025 Incidents
January 17
February 17
March 25
April 28
May 24
June 22
July 15
August 0
September 0
October 0
November 0
December 0
Total 148

2024 Incidents
January 22
February 14
March 18
April 28
May 25
June 28
July 27
August 27
September 33
October 22
November 23
December 18
Total 285

Web Counters
Website Visitors
Since
January 1, 2016
7,276,225
Visitors Today
Jul 15, 2025
6,257
Monthly Fire Drill Focuses on Water Supply Operations Using Fire Boat 4
Email Print RSS Facebook Twitter RSS

By PIO / Fire Prevention Officer Scot Best
April 28, 2021

During our April fire drill, we demonstrated and practiced water supply operations using Boat 4. Boat 4 not only responds to open water rescues, it responds as a water source to structure fires and wildfires that are in close proximity to the water, using it’s onboard deck gun. While afloat in Smith Creek, Boat 4’s crew used our new Rescue Rope Launching Gun to shoot a towline to shore (approx. 300 feet), where Engine 43’s crew attached a 3-inch supply hose. Boat 4 crew then pulled the hose to the boat and connected it to their pump. Once water supply was established, it was estimated that Boat 4 was pumping approximately 650 gallons of water per minute to E43. The supplied water was used by E43 crews to practice various pump, deck gun, and hand-line operations. The drill was successful in showing Boat 4’s capability to retrieve a dry supply line from land, establish water-to-land supply, and to continually pump large quantities of supply water to on shore units.

Units: Boat 4, MSU 4, Engine 43, Engine 44, Squad 4, Command 4, Brush 4, Utility 4
 
Attachments:
Attachment received_190245866266850.mp4  (2,061k)
 

Add a Comment Add a Comment 0 Comment(s)


Website Designed and Hosted By: Content Proudly Maintained By: Contact Info:
Firehouse Solutions
www.FirehouseSolutions.com
Ridge Volunteer Fire Department, Inc.
13820 Point Lookout Road
P.O. Box 520
Ridge, MD 20680
Emergency Dial 911
Non-Emergency: 301-872-5571
E-mail: info@ridgevfd.org
Copyright © 2025 Firehouse Solutions (A Service of Technology Reflections, Inc.)